Taft Campaign Tour Across Indiana Begins
William H. Taft Republican nominee starts a three day Indiana tour from Lawrenceburg to Evansville with improved voice and brief remarks at each stop. He travels by special train visiting Bloomington Lawrenceburg Aurora Osgood North Vernon Seymour Brownstown Mitchell Bedford and more as crowds gather and preparations for a major Indianapolis rally unfold.
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Ind
William H. Taft
Oomington
Hanmer
Hig
Heiford
Indiana
Cincinnati
Citisens Club
Fat City
Junge Taft
New York
J. J. Richardson
Washington
Speit
Art
National Committee
Taft
Mooster
Feymour
Brownstown
Mitchell
Edford
Bloomfield
Linton
Terre Haute
Sullivan
Vincennes
Evansville
Brazil
Greencastle
Crawfordsille
Lafayette
Frankfort
Kokomo
Greentown
Marion
Muncie
Anderson
Knightstown
Rushville
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Mr. Taft
Republican Committee
Meridian Streets
Columbia Club
Fairbanks
Congress- Overstreet
Peruna testimonials from Fountainville residents in 1906 and 1908
Letters from Philip Kratz and others in Fountainville Pa attest to Peruna as a cure for kidney weakness dyspepsia asthma and cold symptoms. Donnelly mayor of Doylestown testifies to Kratz's honesty and long acquaintance, noting the statements as true in all particulars.
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Perona
Philip Kratz
John Donnelly
Doylestown
Philip Krats
Peruna
Bryan in Ohio parade banners and speeches draw crowds
In Bryan's Ohio tour crowds greet the Democratic candidate with energy. He raids Republican tactics, denounces railroad wage threats, and presses Roosevelt for candor on campaign funding. He highlights factory shifts and plant restarts amid a crowded itinerary through Akron Youngstown and Niles.
Conditions Vastly Improved
Washington reports an abstract of bank condition showing vastly improved business conditions as of September 23, based on statements from 6,888 national banks under the comptroller of the currency call. Treasury officials deem the data evidence of economic improvement.
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Washington
Treasury
Hauling Water Threatens Indiana Mines
Brazil Ind Oct 22 The drought devastates coal mines as ponds dry up forcing closures and mass layoffs. Railroads scramble to haul water from the Wabash river up to twenty five miles using oil tanks to reach remaining mines.
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Brazil
Ind
Wabash
Deadly Philippine Typhoon Ravages Cagayan Valley
October storm in the Cagayan Valley leaves hundreds dead and torrents up to thirty feet flooding rivers. Aparri underwater forces rescue brigades evacuate residents as relief crews arrive. cholera reported among refugees amid grim toll.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Aparri
Tread ‘Way
Clark
Foss
Coast Guard
Farmer and Politician Dies by Poison at Hillboro Farm
Albert Campbell, sixty six, a wealthy Hillsboro farmer and political figure, died by taking poison at his farm three miles north of Hillsboro. He was treasurer of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Montgomery and Fountain counties, valued at about $100,000, and had accused a Democratic candidate of connections to a bank thief in Covington. A pocket note read Mother Forgive me for this It is better than to disgrace the whole family. In other items Roll’s Second Fire Visitation reports major blazes with destruction and no local protection. Samuel Sanders, target of Night Riders threats, ignores warnings. Mrs Anna Parker, poisoned by candy laced with strychnine, remains in critical condition with a possible suspect unnamed.
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Marietta
Ohio
William J. Bryan
West Virginia
Brean
Bryan
New York Central Railroad
Ward Heeler
Akron
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Covington
Ind
Albert Campbell
Hillsboro
Campbell
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Montgomery
Fountain Counties
Robert Green
Montgomery County
John Wilt
Wilt
Columbus
Anna Parker
Forest Hill
Decatur County
Wife killed in shotgun accident near Warsaw
Mrs. Jacob Gants of near Vawter Park Kosciusko county was instantly killed by buckshot from her husband's shotgun when he tripped in the barnyard. He had been shooting at a chicken hawk and was about to return to the house when the accident happened.
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Warsaw
Ind
Jacob Gants
Vawter Park
Kosciusko County
Gants
Ingenious Arctic Pole Plan by Explorer Baldwin
Evelyn B Baldwin meets with White House officials proposing a bold Arctic pole expedition using a drifting ice floe camp. Backed by Admiral Melville and others, the plan aims to reach the pole in a three year drift with portable houses and provisions. In Michigan, timber fires near Sault Ste Marie threaten 40 to 50 square miles, but fire control efforts reduce risk to standing timber.
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Thia Lo
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Schley
Sir Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Bering Sea
Arctic
Greenland
Baldwin
Sault Ste. Marie
Pickford
Timely Doctor Saves Woman From Buried Alive
Elis Kas Oct 21 The timely intervention of a physician who doubted the corpse saved Mrs. Thomas Chapman from being buried alive. Supposedly dead, she was not embalmed and after the doctor inspected the body she was removed from the coffin and placed in bed with a weak heart. Recovery expected.
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Elis Kas
Thomas Chapman
Chapman
Buria
Whirlwind campaign keeps Watson on the road in Indiana
Congressman James W. Watson campaigns across Indiana in a whirlwind schedule addressing Atkins BAW Works in Indianapolis, Danville, Knightstown, and Newcastle amid plans for a German society liberty demonstration. Elizabeth Harrison will unveil her father Benjamin Harrison's monument in University Square with Frederick Owens leading decor and a military tone. John W. Kern cancels engagements to rush home to a sick son, infantile paralysis, delaying Ohio campaigning.
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Indianapolis
James W. Watson
Atkins Baw
Parry Buggy
Danville
Knightstown
Newcastle
Indiana
Democratic Party
Elizabeth Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
University Square
Frederick Owens
Wamington
D. C
New York Street
Meridian
Pennsylvania
Washington
John B. Blam
Harrison
J. R. Fesler
TERSE TELEGRAMS CONVENTION AND EVENTS REPORT
The thirty fifth annual convention of the Women s Christian Temperance Union is in session at Denver. Heavy rains are due in the eastern United States by week s end per the weather bureau. Senor Don Luis Laza new Honduran minister presented credentials. About 1 297 268 420 in new money printed and circulated last fiscal year. Austria prohibits export of guns ammunition horses or war material to Servia. Frost damaged Argentina wheat fuels rally in Chicago wheat market. Austria Hungary Turkey talks broken off over Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation. National negro mass meeting set for Mobile Alabama November 24 28 1909 for planning a negro fair in October November and December. Carnegie Hero Fund Commission honors forty eight people for heroism. Two miners George Morris and Thomas Botts killed in Miami mine No 1 Seeleyville Indiana October 21 while pulling props. President Dias aims to run for presidential seat.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Denver
Weather Bureau
Don Luis Laza
Honduras
Angel Ugarte
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Servia
Argentina
Chicago
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mobile
Ala
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
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Documenta
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Here
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Orinocco
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Watson
John W. Kern
Syracuse
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Seeleyville
George Morris
Thomas Botts
Miami Mine No. 1
Dias
Presidenal Sooton Te Sila
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